Three days. Two conferences. One floor.
Browse the full week below, or jump straight to the Satellite Innovation or MilSat Symposium track.
Tue, Oct 27
16 sessionsBreakfast
Regulators as Capacity Allocators
How government licensing decisions now determine which satellite networks get to grow.
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Brian Weimer
MODERATOR
Partner; Space & Satellite Practice Leader
Sheppard
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Dr. Yaswant Devarakonda
Manager for the Space & Spectrum Policy Center
CCIA
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Kevin Kelly
Partner
Actum LLC
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Karl Kensinger
Deputy Chief of the Satellite Division
FCC – Federal Communications Commission
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Scott Patrick
Executive Director, Office of Spectrum Management
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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Dr. Jennifer Stone
Chief Strategy Officer
River Advisers
Part 100: A New Era for FCC Space Licensing
A heads-up on Space Licensing, Rebuilt: What the FCC’s Part 100 Rules Change
Break
After SPCX: The Public Market’s Verdict on Space
Top analysts read on SpaceX’s first public financial results and what they reveal about everyone else.
Orbital Data Centers — Radiators, Watts, and Orbits
The actual hardware for computing in orbit: how you power it and how you keep it cool.
Orbital Data Centers — Investable Infrastructure or Thermodynamic Bet?
The largest capital and engineering story of 2026. Can AI data centers be built in space? Believers and skeptics argue the engineering and the economics.
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Janna Lewis
Senior VP of Policy & General Counsel
Astroscale U.S. Inc.
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Jason Aspiotis
CEO & Co-Founder
OwlO Cloud
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Rob DeMillo
CEO & Cofounder
Sophia Space
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Filip Rezabek
Co-founder & CTO
SpaceComputer
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Dr. Slava Turyshev
Senior Research Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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Joseph Yaffe
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Legal Officer
Cowboy Space Corporation
Lunch Sponsored by COMSAT
The Ground Bottleneck: GSaaS, the SCN, and the Capital Squeeze
Ground is the under-programmed bottleneck, and the money agrees: a $100 million Series B for a ground startup in January, a collapsed incumbent divestiture, and a federal facilities line tripling. Ground as the programma
Break – Hors d’oeuvres
Launch Isn’t Settled: Scarcity, Queues, and the 2029 Gap
Demand outstrips supply, prices are rising across dedicated and rideshare, and analysts project a capacity rough spot in 2029 and 2030. The session is reframed from vehicle showcase to allocation economics: who gets a ma
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Curt Blake
MODERATOR
Senior Of Counsel
Wilson Sonsini
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Nishant Choksi
Director, Commercial & International Sales
Blue Origin
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Michael Creech
VP, Strategy & Business Development
Firefly Aerospace
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Evan Hoyt
President
SEOPS
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Clint Hunt
Senior Director, Government Operations
United Launch Alliance
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Devon Papandrew
VP Business Development
Stoke Space
Mission Software Lessons of 2026
What this year’s AI surge teaches the industry about software directions for growth.
License to Operate: The Crowded Highways of LEO
The side effects of launching thousands of satellites: A look at tracking catalogs, monitoring traffic, and the advocacy for real space-traffic coordination..
Breakfast
Regulators as Capacity Allocators
How government licensing decisions now determine which satellite networks get to grow.
-
Brian Weimer
MODERATOR
Partner; Space & Satellite Practice Leader
Sheppard
-
Dr. Yaswant Devarakonda
Manager for the Space & Spectrum Policy Center
CCIA
-
Kevin Kelly
Partner
Actum LLC
-
Karl Kensinger
Deputy Chief of the Satellite Division
FCC – Federal Communications Commission
-
Scott Patrick
Executive Director, Office of Spectrum Management
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
-
Dr. Jennifer Stone
Chief Strategy Officer
River Advisers
Part 100: A New Era for FCC Space Licensing
A heads-up on Space Licensing, Rebuilt: What the FCC’s Part 100 Rules Change
Break
After SPCX: The Public Market’s Verdict on Space
Top analysts read on SpaceX’s first public financial results and what they reveal about everyone else.
Orbital Data Centers — Radiators, Watts, and Orbits
The actual hardware for computing in orbit: how you power it and how you keep it cool.
Orbital Data Centers — Investable Infrastructure or Thermodynamic Bet?
The largest capital and engineering story of 2026. Can AI data centers be built in space? Believers and skeptics argue the engineering and the economics.
-
Janna Lewis
Senior VP of Policy & General Counsel
Astroscale U.S. Inc.
-
Jason Aspiotis
CEO & Co-Founder
OwlO Cloud
-
Rob DeMillo
CEO & Cofounder
Sophia Space
-
Filip Rezabek
Co-founder & CTO
SpaceComputer
-
Dr. Slava Turyshev
Senior Research Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
-
Joseph Yaffe
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Legal Officer
Cowboy Space Corporation
Lunch Sponsored by COMSAT
The Ground Bottleneck: GSaaS, the SCN, and the Capital Squeeze
Ground is the under-programmed bottleneck, and the money agrees: a $100 million Series B for a ground startup in January, a collapsed incumbent divestiture, and a federal facilities line tripling. Ground as the programma
Break – Hors d’oeuvres
Launch Isn’t Settled: Scarcity, Queues, and the 2029 Gap
Demand outstrips supply, prices are rising across dedicated and rideshare, and analysts project a capacity rough spot in 2029 and 2030. The session is reframed from vehicle showcase to allocation economics: who gets a ma
-
Curt Blake
MODERATOR
Senior Of Counsel
Wilson Sonsini
-
Nishant Choksi
Director, Commercial & International Sales
Blue Origin
-
Michael Creech
VP, Strategy & Business Development
Firefly Aerospace
-
Evan Hoyt
President
SEOPS
-
Clint Hunt
Senior Director, Government Operations
United Launch Alliance
-
Devon Papandrew
VP Business Development
Stoke Space
Mission Software Lessons of 2026
What this year’s AI surge teaches the industry about software directions for growth.
License to Operate: The Crowded Highways of LEO
The side effects of launching thousands of satellites: A look at tracking catalogs, monitoring traffic, and the advocacy for real space-traffic coordination..
Wed, Oct 28
18 sessionsBreakFast
Sovereign Constellations and the Fragmenting Market
Europe and China are building government-backed satellite networks. What that does to American companies.
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Drew Svor
MODERATOR
Partner
Sheppard
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Ian Canning
President & CEO
Eutelsat Network Solutions
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Tina Ghataore
Global Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer
Aerospacelab
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Alex Mueller-Gastell
CEO and MD
ND Satcom
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Armand Musey
President and Founder
Summit Ridge Group
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Mary Walker
Co-Founder and CEO
Symphony Space Inc
Protected PNT: The Unfunded Resilience Buy
Backup systems for GPS exist, but almost nobody is paying for them.
Orchestrating the D2D network of networks
An exploration of how to ensure interoperability across satellite and mobile networks, build successful MNO/SNO commercial models, and lay the path to the autonomous networks of the future.
Break
Buses vs. Vertical Integration: Who Builds the Proliferated Era
The factory question: standardized satellite platforms versus companies that build everything themselves. The fight is who builds the proliferated era and who finances production before contract certainty. The industria
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Noel Rimalovski
MODERATOR
Managing Partner
GH Partners
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Patrick Haddox
Co-Founder and CEO
Samara Aerospace
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Peter Krauss
President and Chief Executive Officer
Terran Orbital
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Melanie Preisser
General Manager/Executive Vice President
York Space Systems
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Shey Sabripour
Founder & CEO
CesiumAstro
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Gil Shacham
U.S Business Development Lead
MDA Space Satellite Systems
MilSat Symposium begins
The national-security half of Silicon Valley Space Week starts here.
Commercial EO’s Government Dependency Problem
Satellite-imagery companies depend on a few government contracts, and that dependence is now a business risk.
Lunch – Sponsored by US ELECTRODYNAMICS, INC
Building Warfighter-Ready Space Systems: Autonomy, Logistics, and On-Orbit Servicing
Looking at how the military is trying to change its orbital architecture from fragile, stationary targets into a dynamic, sustainable fleet. Here is a breakdown of the core concepts to be discussed. 1. Warfighter-Ready S
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Prof. Andy Kwas
MODERATOR
NG Fellow
Northrop Grumman
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Dr. Robert Antypas
Space Access, Mobility, and Logistics Mission Area Lead
US Air Force Research Laboratory – AFRL
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Jeff Chiow
Chair, Government Contracts
Greenberg Traurig LLP
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Erik Daehler
SVP of Defense Technology
Sierra Space
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Dr. David Denhard
Chief Scientist & Technical Advisor
U.S. Space Command
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John Rood
Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO
Momentus
The Space Data Network: Backbone or Single Point of Failure?
The budget made the mesh decision; the fight now is execution and concentration. 2027 shifts transport from SDA’s Tranche 3 plans to an SDN backbone and instead funds a $1.6 billion Proliferated LEO SATCOM line identifie
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Preston Dunlap
MODERATOR
Founder and Managing Partner
Arkenstone Capital
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Michael Geist
SVP Strategy, Innovation & Growth
SES Space & Defense
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Dr. Rajeev Gopal
VP, Advanced Programs Defense Division
Hughes Network Systems
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Dr. Lucy Hoag
Founder and CEO
Violet Labs
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John Malsbury
CEO & Founder
AnySignal
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Jim Scott
Chief Strategy Officer
US Electrodynamics
Break
Buy What We Can vs. the Build-First Budget
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Chris Quilty
MODERATOR
CEO & President
Quilty Space
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Mr. Justin Langlois
Deputy Director, Commercial Systems Program office
National Reconnaissance Office
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Rich Pang
Principal Business Development Lead
Amazon Leo Government
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Bob Pescatore
General Manager/Vice President – Products
Voyager
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Col Timothy Trimailo
Director, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)
Space Systems Command (SSC)
Evening Reception
BreakFast
Sovereign Constellations and the Fragmenting Market
Europe and China are building government-backed satellite networks. What that does to American companies.
-
Drew Svor
MODERATOR
Partner
Sheppard
-
Ian Canning
President & CEO
Eutelsat Network Solutions
-
Tina Ghataore
Global Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer
Aerospacelab
-
Alex Mueller-Gastell
CEO and MD
ND Satcom
-
Armand Musey
President and Founder
Summit Ridge Group
-
Mary Walker
Co-Founder and CEO
Symphony Space Inc
Protected PNT: The Unfunded Resilience Buy
Backup systems for GPS exist, but almost nobody is paying for them.
Orchestrating the D2D network of networks
An exploration of how to ensure interoperability across satellite and mobile networks, build successful MNO/SNO commercial models, and lay the path to the autonomous networks of the future.
Break
Buses vs. Vertical Integration: Who Builds the Proliferated Era
The factory question: standardized satellite platforms versus companies that build everything themselves. The fight is who builds the proliferated era and who finances production before contract certainty. The industria
-
Noel Rimalovski
MODERATOR
Managing Partner
GH Partners
-
Patrick Haddox
Co-Founder and CEO
Samara Aerospace
-
Peter Krauss
President and Chief Executive Officer
Terran Orbital
-
Melanie Preisser
General Manager/Executive Vice President
York Space Systems
-
Shey Sabripour
Founder & CEO
CesiumAstro
-
Gil Shacham
U.S Business Development Lead
MDA Space Satellite Systems
Commercial EO’s Government Dependency Problem
Satellite-imagery companies depend on a few government contracts, and that dependence is now a business risk.
Lunch – Sponsored by US ELECTRODYNAMICS, INC
Building Warfighter-Ready Space Systems: Autonomy, Logistics, and On-Orbit Servicing
Looking at how the military is trying to change its orbital architecture from fragile, stationary targets into a dynamic, sustainable fleet. Here is a breakdown of the core concepts to be discussed. 1. Warfighter-Ready S
-
Prof. Andy Kwas
MODERATOR
NG Fellow
Northrop Grumman
-
Dr. Robert Antypas
Space Access, Mobility, and Logistics Mission Area Lead
US Air Force Research Laboratory – AFRL
-
Jeff Chiow
Chair, Government Contracts
Greenberg Traurig LLP
-
Erik Daehler
SVP of Defense Technology
Sierra Space
-
Dr. David Denhard
Chief Scientist & Technical Advisor
U.S. Space Command
-
John Rood
Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO
Momentus
The Space Data Network: Backbone or Single Point of Failure?
The budget made the mesh decision; the fight now is execution and concentration. 2027 shifts transport from SDA’s Tranche 3 plans to an SDN backbone and instead funds a $1.6 billion Proliferated LEO SATCOM line identifie
-
Preston Dunlap
MODERATOR
Founder and Managing Partner
Arkenstone Capital
-
Michael Geist
SVP Strategy, Innovation & Growth
SES Space & Defense
-
Dr. Rajeev Gopal
VP, Advanced Programs Defense Division
Hughes Network Systems
-
Dr. Lucy Hoag
Founder and CEO
Violet Labs
-
John Malsbury
CEO & Founder
AnySignal
-
Jim Scott
Chief Strategy Officer
US Electrodynamics
Break
Buy What We Can vs. the Build-First Budget
-
Chris Quilty
MODERATOR
CEO & President
Quilty Space
-
Mr. Justin Langlois
Deputy Director, Commercial Systems Program office
National Reconnaissance Office
-
Rich Pang
Principal Business Development Lead
Amazon Leo Government
-
Bob Pescatore
General Manager/Vice President – Products
Voyager
-
Col Timothy Trimailo
Director, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)
Space Systems Command (SSC)
Thu, Oct 29
15 sessionsBreakFast
Golden Dome – Accelerating Industrial Capability on a 2028 Clock
Twelve companies won contracts to build missile interceptors in space. Can industry actually deliver by 2028.
-
Phil Carrai
MODERATOR
President, Space, Training & Cyber Division
Kratos Space, Training and Cybersecurity
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Dr. David Baughman
VP, BD and Strategy
Frontier Aerospace Corporation
-
Mike Conschafter
Director of Business Development, Spectral Solutions
L3Harris
-
Myland Pride
Director, MWTD Strategy and Advanced Capabilities
Lockheed Martin
-
John Trionfo
CEO
Aeonyx
CASR After FOC: Who Owns the Risk?
If a requisitioned commercial satellite is attacked, who carries the loss. Indemnification language remains publicly unresolved as the program crosses full operational capability,
Break
Commercial GEOINT for the Battlefield
Commercial satellite photos are entering military decisions. How are they being used and by whom. Whether AI-derived commercial intelligence survives contact with lawyers, analysts, and commanders is the GEOINT question
-
Dr. Dr. James Crawford
MODERATOR
CSO
Privateer Space
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Robert Cardillo
Chief Strategist and Chairman of the Board
Planet Labs Federal
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Scot Currie
Senior Vice President of US Government Engagement
Blacksky
-
Matt Jenkins
Chief Space Systems Officer
Vantor
-
Dr. Didi Kuo
Principal Deputy Director, GEOINT
National Reconnaissance Office
Space Control as a Market: RG-XX, RPO, and the Limits of Commercial Combat Support
The military is hiring private companies to watch, refuel, and guard satellites. It is is moving away from massive, static satellites and toward agile, commercially supported fleets that can actively maneuver in a conte
-
Dr. Eric Anderson
MODERATOR
President
And One Technologies
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Gregg Burgess
President and General Manager
Orion Space Solutions
-
COL(ret) Joe Guzman
Founder and CEO
Space Cowboy ADR
-
Dr. Richard Nederlander
Founder & CEO
Spargo Space
-
Courtney Sayles
Chief Product Officer
Scout Space
-
Col. Owen Stephens
Director of Contracting for the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO)
Space Force
GPS Under Attack: Jamming, Spoofing, and the PNT Fight
GPS is being jammed and faked around the world. The jamming and spoofing epidemic has only widened and protected-satcom money is moving.
Lunch Sponsored by NORTHROP GRUMMAN
Attack at Machine Speed: Cyber, AI, and the Counterspace Threat
AI has become integral to satellite operations, enabling networks to respond faster, optimise resources and manage increasing operational complexity. This session explores how AI is being applied across satellite network
The New Space Insurance Market
Who insures a satellite destined for National Security? A new market is forming around that question.
Break – Hors d’oeuvres
How Commercial Space Companies Can Support Future Defense Space Architectures with speed, flexibility, and affordability
The "future architecture" is heavily proliferated. This means relying on hundreds or thousands of smaller, cheaper, networked satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). If an adversary disables one, the rest of the network sea
-
Janna Lewis
MODERATOR
Senior VP of Policy & General Counsel
Astroscale U.S. Inc.
-
Allyson Jenkins
Vice President, Public Sector
Pixxel
-
Sho Nakanose
Founder & CEO
GITAI USA Inc.
-
Dr. Robbie Robertson
CEO & Co-founder
Sedaro
-
Karl Stedman
CEO
Pulse Space
-
Brian Rishikof
Co-Founder and CEO
Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C.
Hybrid Space Architecture: Commercial Integration in Practice
Commercial integration from the start: hybrid architectures from the design process through system implementation and deployment
BreakFast
Golden Dome – Accelerating Industrial Capability on a 2028 Clock
Twelve companies won contracts to build missile interceptors in space. Can industry actually deliver by 2028.
-
Phil Carrai
MODERATOR
President, Space, Training & Cyber Division
Kratos Space, Training and Cybersecurity
-
Dr. David Baughman
VP, BD and Strategy
Frontier Aerospace Corporation
-
Mike Conschafter
Director of Business Development, Spectral Solutions
L3Harris
-
Myland Pride
Director, MWTD Strategy and Advanced Capabilities
Lockheed Martin
-
John Trionfo
CEO
Aeonyx
CASR After FOC: Who Owns the Risk?
If a requisitioned commercial satellite is attacked, who carries the loss. Indemnification language remains publicly unresolved as the program crosses full operational capability,
Break
Commercial GEOINT for the Battlefield
Commercial satellite photos are entering military decisions. How are they being used and by whom. Whether AI-derived commercial intelligence survives contact with lawyers, analysts, and commanders is the GEOINT question
-
Dr. Dr. James Crawford
MODERATOR
CSO
Privateer Space
-
Robert Cardillo
Chief Strategist and Chairman of the Board
Planet Labs Federal
-
Scot Currie
Senior Vice President of US Government Engagement
Blacksky
-
Matt Jenkins
Chief Space Systems Officer
Vantor
-
Dr. Didi Kuo
Principal Deputy Director, GEOINT
National Reconnaissance Office
Space Control as a Market: RG-XX, RPO, and the Limits of Commercial Combat Support
The military is hiring private companies to watch, refuel, and guard satellites. It is is moving away from massive, static satellites and toward agile, commercially supported fleets that can actively maneuver in a conte
-
Dr. Eric Anderson
MODERATOR
President
And One Technologies
-
Gregg Burgess
President and General Manager
Orion Space Solutions
-
COL(ret) Joe Guzman
Founder and CEO
Space Cowboy ADR
-
Dr. Richard Nederlander
Founder & CEO
Spargo Space
-
Courtney Sayles
Chief Product Officer
Scout Space
-
Col. Owen Stephens
Director of Contracting for the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO)
Space Force
GPS Under Attack: Jamming, Spoofing, and the PNT Fight
GPS is being jammed and faked around the world. The jamming and spoofing epidemic has only widened and protected-satcom money is moving.
Lunch Sponsored by NORTHROP GRUMMAN
Attack at Machine Speed: Cyber, AI, and the Counterspace Threat
AI has become integral to satellite operations, enabling networks to respond faster, optimise resources and manage increasing operational complexity. This session explores how AI is being applied across satellite network
The New Space Insurance Market
Who insures a satellite destined for National Security? A new market is forming around that question.
Break – Hors d’oeuvres
How Commercial Space Companies Can Support Future Defense Space Architectures with speed, flexibility, and affordability
The "future architecture" is heavily proliferated. This means relying on hundreds or thousands of smaller, cheaper, networked satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). If an adversary disables one, the rest of the network sea
-
Janna Lewis
MODERATOR
Senior VP of Policy & General Counsel
Astroscale U.S. Inc.
-
Allyson Jenkins
Vice President, Public Sector
Pixxel
-
Sho Nakanose
Founder & CEO
GITAI USA Inc.
-
Dr. Robbie Robertson
CEO & Co-founder
Sedaro
-
Karl Stedman
CEO
Pulse Space
-
Brian Rishikof
Co-Founder and CEO
Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C.
Hybrid Space Architecture: Commercial Integration in Practice
Commercial integration from the start: hybrid architectures from the design process through system implementation and deployment